Postdoctoral Fellow, Aphasia Discourse

Join a high-impact, data-rich initiative drawing on our extensive Aphasia Bank corpus to advance the science of discourse and gesture in persons with aphasia. The dataset is fully collected, quality-checked, and primed for analysis—your task is to drive it toward publication. This project is funded by an ongoing NIH grant. For more information about the dataset, see: (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)./

Type: Full-time (1-year appointment with the possibility of renewal) | Open to recent PhDs and postdoctoral researchers

Location: Indiana University Bloomington (Bloomington, IN). Collaborate with Drs. Brian Mac Whinney and Davida Fromm at Carnegie Mellon University, along with Dr. Brielle Stark.

Start: As soon as possible

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead analyses of discourse-level language and gesture data in aphasia
• Produce and co-author approximately 4 peer-reviewed manuscripts within 12 months
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of SLPs, neuroscientists, and linguists
• Manage your research and writing schedule independently within project goals
• Optional:
  Present findings at conferences

Ideal Profile:

• PhD in Speech-Language Pathology, Communication Sciences, Psychology, Linguistics, Neuroscience, or related field (recent graduates encouraged) OR a Postdoc seeking focused writing time
• Deep expertise in aphasia, especially discourse-level analysis
• Proven publication record related to aphasia
• Optional but preferred:
  Experience with large corpora and multimodal (gesture) annotation
• Self-motivated, organized, and deadline-oriented

Feel free to share this opportunity with qualified colleagues or recent graduates.

• Internship

• Full-time

• Research, Analysis, and Information Technology

• Higher Education